New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17
The Northwestern Architect at Mimi
apolis makes an assignment.
Mrs. r. c. Wilkins, OF Northfeld, ], com:
mitted suicide by shooting. She. was in..

Incense, Incense, thefes were ninety saloons. bring
ing in q revenue to the city OF 1000.
a we'll was sunk near the residence OF IT,,
+. Sc oft t Albert Lea, and when at a
depth OF nlnety-five feet gas enough escaped
to produce flame; and soon it had in
creased so that a blaze over a foot in
height was made. A pipe was run into
Mr.. Scott's house and room brilliantly
!lghted with the gas. This was the first
house in the state to be lighted with, natu
raj gas.
At Hasting, Lewis Van Inwegen & Son
have made an assignment to Z. S. Folett
for the benefit OF their creditors.
Mr., Blaine hasgone to Cork. whence ha
will return to Dublin.
l.. Seligman OF East Saginaw, Mich, is
worth IS, OO0,O 900. Recently he went to
the Long Branch races with, $50 and came
back with $61S.
Mrs Harvey Willis, OF Oswego, N. Y,
beat her mother Mrs. Raulinson, SO badly
thai she died.
Forest fires broke out in, the vicinity oi
Neillsvile, Wis, and are causing eonsidera.
BILE damage.
Gen. George Curtis Lee president Of tbs
Washington and Lee university OF Virginia,
the Oldest son OF the late Gen. Robert b.
Lee, is dangerously i'll.
Jerry Pagels, St. Louis murderer sen.
fenced to hang committed suieike in his
cell.
Prof. Thomas Baldwin of.Sanfrau sue.
cessiuly repeated his feat OF jumping from
a, balloon in mid-air to the earth by the
aid OF his patent parachute. 1t is estimat.
ed that atleast 80, 900 people witnessed the
jump. His fall is estimattd at l, 100 feet,
occupying one minute and twenty four sec.
onds, and he landed in shallow water in the
bay
Three fremen were Instantly killed and
four badly injured at St. Louis by falling
walls. The dead are Barney McKernan,
Frank Mcdonald, Chris Hoell. The injured
are James O'Brien, fatally; Jacob Feldt.
man, severely; William Zimmerman, se-
verely; Mat De Fore, slightly.
The first vessel ever built on Lake Superi.
or, was launched at Baraga, near Mar.
quette, in the presence OF thousands She will
carry l, 200, 900 lumber and will load at
once, making one trip before getting her
spars.
Postoffices discontinued: Minnesota:
Clearfield, Stevens county. Name changed
Dakota: Brookfeld Moody county, to
Trent. Fourth-c,ass postmasters ap-
Pointed-Dakota: Ferry, G. j. Newhouser;
Rio, ]. Buchanan; Sogu, N. E. Slinds; Ar.
gaville, NJ. r. Clancy; Colvin, n. H. Stand
ish.
new secret organization known as the
'Brotherhood," in many respects similar
to the knights OF Labor, has been formed
and has grown to consderab Bile proportions
in New England. The organization does
not believe in strikes, but uses the ballot
and cooperative institutions as weapons
OF warfare. 1t also asks that the govern
ment obtain possession by purchase OF all
the telegraphs, telephones and railroads.
John Clay, the only remaining son OF
Henry Clay, died at his farm near Lexing-
ton, Ky. After dinner he went out to su.
perintend repairs on pump. While CIV
ing instructions to the workmen he fell
dead OF heart disease. Mr.. Clay was sixty
seven years old. He had no children. He
was married about twenty years ago.
An order was issued from the war de-
partment relieving Maj. Daniel J. Bash
from duty until further orders, and direct
ing him to return to his home Mai. Bash,
it will be rememb mbered, is the army pay
master who was robbed of ST., $50 belong
ing to the United States while on his way
to Fort Mckinney, Wyo., to pay off the
troops stationed there last March. It is
understood that paymaster Bash is
relieved from duty until the amount is
made good to the government, as this is
the custom in the army in case there is a
deficit in a pay officers accounts. His
bondsmen will be held responsible unless
relief is secured from congress.
The police OF Chicago think they have
discovered a clue to the motives leading
TO the horrible murder OF William Cam o.
bell, a wealthy cattle man who was brut-
ely murdered at Mcpherson, Kan.
The free delivery system has been order.
ed to be established at GAINESVILLE, Wis, the
service to commence Oct. /.
At Butte, Mont, w. P. Schusle, an old
Philadelphian, shot himself dead. He had
lost 500 on Butte horse races and other
gambling, and in despair ended his life
The following pensions have been grant
ed MINES ota: Widow j. B. Kinsley
Owatonna original A. kenasten, Smiths
Mills; G. P. Reed, Bird Island; R. CHS
holm, St. Paul; II. Conrad, Kustar; NJ.
keogh, Cordova; P. Kearns, Minneapo.
lis. Wisconsin: j. M. Menor, Eau
Claire; NJ. II: Sherman, Eau Claire; N.
Lamphere, Kekoskee A. c. Cole. Wilton:
E. Cheeseboro, Badger Mills; 1. IL. Michel
New London; N. B. Hood, Lone Rock.
Dakota: E. Burnham, Nlillville; H. Deney.
Jr., Florence: A. J. Dickinson, Huron.
Capt. w. F. Marshall, United
States engineer, recommends the fol-
lowing appropriations: Twenty thous-
and dollars for Kenosha har-
Dor, Wis; $4,000 for Racine, Wis.,,
S32, 900 for Milwaukee harbor; $4,000
for harbor OF refuge at Milwaukee bay and
100000 for the improvement OF the Fox
and Wisconsin rivers, Wis. Or the Fox
river he says that the mills during the pc
riod OF low water take more than the sur
plus water from the pools above the Ap-
pleton and Menasha dams, thus reducing
the levels OF Lake Winnebago and littls
Lake Butte des Morris, making navigation
precarious. The evil is increasing, and ii
it cannot be checked the Improvement of
the river should not continue
Good rains have checked the Wisconsin
forest fires.
At Melrose, Mont, q. c. Maddaux, a
prominent merchant got into an alterca-
tion with 0. A. Clayton and Charles Pow
ers, ranchmen. A shooting ensued in
which Maddaux was fatally shot through
the body by Clayton. Powers was shot
through the hand. 81
, Three persons were fined in Washington
for swearing.
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